Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna welcomed a delegation of the German Banking Association at the Ministry for Finance. During the meeting, Minister Scicluna expounded on the agenda for the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, especially in relation to banking and financial markets.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR…

Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna held a series of bilateral meetings with the Italian Minister of Finance Pier Carlo Padoan, the Irish Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, Norway’s Minister of Finance Siv Jensen, as well as with Klaus-Heiner Lehne, President of the European Court of Auditors, on the margins of the ECOFIN Council and…

Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna attended a meeting of the Macro-Economic Dialogue with the European social partners, on the margins of the Eurogroup and Econfin meetings currently taking place in Brussels.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE   This meeting brought together the Council Presidency, the European Central Bank and the…

The Ministry for Finance welcomes the latest international trade news release published today by the NSO, which shows a remarkable increase of €484.3 million in Malta’s exports net of fuels for the first three quarters of this year.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE     During the period January to September…

Fi stqarrija, il-Partit Nazzjonalista qed jallega li l-Ministru għall-Finanzi, l-Professur Edward Scicluna, fil-Parlament qal li l-istatistika tal-Economic Survey mhux ta’ min joqgħod fuqha.     L-istqarrija naqset milli tirriproduċi l-ispjegazzjoni tal-Ministru Scicluna fejn, waqt id-diskussjoni dwar l-estimi tal-Ministeru tiegħu, qal li l-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni Dr Simon Busuttil uża statistika b’mod ħażin meta ddikjara li l-pagi matul…

Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna noted that 3,800 new companies have been registered by September 2016, bringing the total number of registered companies up to around 50,000.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE Speaking at the Annual Company Law Conference organised by the Department of Commercial Law within the University of…

Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna welcomed a delegation from the French Business Confederation (MEDEF), led by M. Loïc Armand, President of L’Oréal France and Chairman of MEDEF Europe Committee.   During the meeting, held at the Ministry for Finance, Minister Scicluna explained the priorities to be pursued by government during the Maltese Presidency for…

The creation of deeper and more integrated capital markets throughout the European Union, known as the Capital Markets Union (CMU) will be given top priority on the agenda during the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE Minister for Finance, Professor Edward Scicluna affirmed this…

The Ministry for Finance welcomes the latest statistics published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) showing a decrease of €98 million in the consolidated fund deficit between January and September 2016 when compared with the same period last year.   PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE The reduction in the deficit is buoyed by…

Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna held talks with his French counterpart M. Michel Sapin at the Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances in Paris, as part of the preparations for the upcoming Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE Ministers Scicluna and Sapin exchanged…